Part 3: English Words from Greek Mythology:Typhoon

Now that I've recently read a book about Greek mythology, I've learned there are a number of words in English that come from there. Today's word is Typhoon!

WHO WAS TYPHON? Typhon. Typhon, also spelled Typhaon, or Typhoeus, in Greek mythology, youngest son of Gaea (Earth) and Tartarus (of the nether world). He was described as a grisly monster with a hundred dragons' heads who was conquered and cast into the underworld by Zeus.

On Nov. 4, 2017 NASA's Terra satellite saw Super Typhoon Nuri. 

WHY WAS TYPHON CREATED?  Typhon was  created as a last attempt to repel the Olympian gods from defeating the Titans during the Titanomachy. 

WHAT'S THE TITANOMACHY? It was a ten-year series of battles fought in Thessaly, consisting of most of the Titans (an older generation of gods, based on Mount Othrys) fighting against the Olympians (the younger generations). 

WHAT HAPPENED TO TYPHON?  Typhon defeated during the Titanomachy and he was cast into Tartarus (hell), or buried underneath Mount Etna, or the island of Ischia..


HOW IT IS USED IN ENGLISH - In English the word has become "Typhoon." A typhoon is a  tropical storm in the region of the Indian or western Pacific oceans.


VIDEO ABOUT TYPHON:  https://youtu.be/Ys_S7XGDC9I